List of United States Representatives from Hawaii
The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Hawaii. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States Congressional Delegations from Hawaii. The list of names should be complete (as of January 3, 2015), but other data may be incomplete. It includes members who have represented both the state and the Territory, both past and present.
Current members
Updated January 2015.[1]
Alphabetical |
By District
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List of representatives
Representative ↑ | Image | Party | District | Years | District home | Note |
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Neil Abercrombie | Democratic | 1st | September 20, 1986 – January 3, 1987 | Honolulu | Won special election to fill Cecil Heftel's unexpired term, but lost the Democratic primary held on the same day for a full two-year term. | |
January 3, 1991 – February 28, 2010 | Resigned to run for Governor (won). | |||||
Daniel Akaka | Democratic | 2nd | January 3, 1977 – May 15, 1990 | Honolulu | Resigned after being appointed to fill the vacancy in the United States Senate caused by the death of Spark Matsunaga. Served as Senator from May 15, 1990 to January 3, 2013. | |
Henry Alexander Baldwin | Republican | Territory | March 25, 1922 – March 3, 1923 | Paia | Elected to finish Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole's term | |
John A. Burns | Democratic | Territory | January 3, 1957 – August 21, 1959 | Honolulu | Hawaii achieved statehood | |
Ed Case | Democratic | 2nd | November 30, 2002 – January 3, 2007 | Honolulu | Elected in 2002 by special election to fill vacancy caused by death of Patsy Mink. Mink had been reelected, posthumously, and Case was again elected by special election to fill her seat, in 2003. In 2006, he chose not to run for another term in the House so he could challenge Senator Daniel Akaka in the Democratic primary for Akaka's Senate seat. Case lost 53%–46%. | |
Charles Djou | Republican | 1st | May 22, 2010 – January 3, 2011 | Honolulu | Won special election to fill Neil Abercrombie's unexpired term, but lost the general election for a full two-year term. | |
Elizabeth P. Farrington | Republican | Territory | August 4, 1954 – January 3, 1957 | Honolulu | Elected to finish her husband's term | |
Joseph R. Farrington | Republican | Territory | January 3, 1943 – June 19, 1954 | Honolulu | Died | |
Tulsi Gabbard | Democratic | 2nd | January 3, 2013 – present | Honolulu | Incumbent | |
Thomas Gill | Democratic | At-Large | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | Honolulu | Was the third Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii from 1966 to 1970. He unsuccessfully ran for governor twice, in 1970 and 1974. | |
Cecil Heftel | Democratic | 1st | January 3, 1977 – July 11, 1986 | Honolulu | Resigned to run for Governor (lost). | |
Colleen Hanabusa | Democratic | 1st | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015 | Honolulu | ||
November 8, 2016 – present | Incumbent elected to fill Rep. Mark Takai's unexpired term | |||||
Mazie Hirono | Democratic | 2nd | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013 | Honolulu | In 2012, ran for and won the Senate seat held by the retiring Sen. Akaka. | |
Victor S. K. Houston | Republican | Territory | March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933 | Honolulu | ||
Daniel Inouye | Democratic | At-Large | August 21, 1959 – January 3, 1963 | Honolulu | Served as the at-large Representative upon Hawaiʻi’s admission to the United States. Served in the Senate from January 3, 1963 until his death on December 17, 2012. Was President pro tempore of the United States Senate from June 28, 2010 until his death. | |
William P. Jarrett | Democratic | Territory | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1927 | Honolulu | ||
Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole | Republican | Territory | March 4, 1903 – January 7, 1922 | Honolulu | Died | |
Samuel Wilder King | Republican | Territory | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1943 | Honolulu | ||
Spark Matsunaga | Democratic | At-Large | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1971 | Honolulu | ||
1st | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977 | Elected to the United States Senate in 1976. | ||||
Lincoln L. McCandless | Democratic | Territory | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | Honolulu | ||
Patsy Mink | Democratic | At-Large | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1971 | Honolulu | ||
2nd | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977 | |||||
September 22, 1990 – September 28, 2002 | Elected to fill the vacancy caused by Daniel Akaka’s resignation. Died in office, but was re-elected posthumously in 2002. | |||||
Patricia Saiki | Republican | 1st | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1991 | Honolulu | ||
Mark Takai | Democratic | 1st | January 3, 2015 – July 20, 2016 | Honolulu | Died | |
Robert W. Wilcox | Home Rule | Territory | December 15, 1900 – March 3, 1903 | Honolulu | Hawaii becomes Territory |
Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii
As of October 2016, there are six former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from the U.S. State of Hawaii who are currently living at this time. The most recent representative to die was Mark Takai (2015-2016), who died in office on July 20, 2016.
Representative | Term of office | District | Date of birth (and age) |
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Daniel Akaka | 1977–1990 | 2nd | September 11, 1924 |
Neil Abercrombie | 1986–1987 1991–2010 |
1st | June 26, 1938 |
Pat Saiki | 1987–1991 | 1st | May 28, 1930 |
Ed Case | 2002–2007 | 2nd | September 27, 1952 |
Mazie Hirono | 2007–2013 | 2nd | November 3, 1947 |
Charles Djou | 2010–2011 | 1st | August 9, 1970 |
In film
The life and election of Patsy Mink and her role as co-author of Title IX is highlighted in the documentary film Rise of the Wahine, directed by Dean Kaneshiro.[2]
References
- ↑ "Directory of Representatives". United States House of Representatives. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ↑ "Rise of the Wahine Documentary Film".